About Pauses and Comebacks

It has been three months since I last wrote anything.

I just disappeared, and I think the few friends I have here have almost forgotten about me.

I have not forgotten about them. I haven't forgotten you, but appearances say otherwise. I am glad that most of us still believe that appearances can be deceiving.

My disappearance actually goes back more than six months and wasn't caused by the sudden drop in the Hive currency. I remember a time when the value of our currency, the one before Hive, was almost as close to the famous cent. Right now, I'm not sure it has ever been this low. I don't even have the time and patience to look into whether that was the case. Maybe it wasn’t, but right now my feeling is that it was. If it wasn't, and you know that, just consider it a poetic license!

I hope you can forgive my wandering. I have to admit that even though I rarely opened the site, and didn’t always read or comment, I still talked virtually with many of you.

Here I am again in front of the keyboard. I have a strange feeling looking at my laptop screen, not really sure what to write, and a bit curious if anyone will even see it. I have to admit that, as time passed without me writing, I started to believe the breakup would be final. I thought that many others like me had also drifted apart. I have noticed the few who are unstoppable, those who write almost daily. I remembered that I was like that once, too, and I felt ashamed.

I received a few encouraging words from friends who urged me to come back. They told me that pauses are not, after all, an abandonment. Silence does not always mean absence. I will see if that is true.

What have I been doing during this time? A few pictures may give you some clues:

I have noticed that this break from writing also brought a break in photographing. Taking photos is still a great passion, but when one no longer has the desire to share, it suffers.

Since we last saw each other, quite a lot has happened. Recent experiences and events have led me to reconsider my promise to be the same as before. I am referring to the ongoing process of writing and publishing.

I’m coming back slowly, with fewer words maybe, but with the same desire to look and share.